Employees Cannot Be Fired Merely For Being Homosexual Or Transgender: US Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

"An employer who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender defies the law."

"Will Be Catastrophic In The Alarming Situation Amid Covid-19": Plea In SC Seeks Stay On Jagannath Rath Yatra [Read Petition]

The Odisha Vikas Parishad has approached the Supreme Court seeking to stay the annual Lord Shri Jagannath's Rath Yatra in the state, which is scheduled to take place on 23 June, 2020, on the ground of impending threat of the pandemic. As per the plea filed through Advocate Ranjeeta Rohatgi, the religious congregation attracts more than 10 lakhs people every year, and if the Festival...

Covid Affected Lawyer Moves SC Seeking Intervention In Case Over Covid Management [Read Application]

A Delhi-based Advocate, Udian Sharma has moved the Supreme Court seeking intervention in the suo moto case registered over management of COVID-19 situation, to highlight "complete apathy" and "disorganized state of affairs" prevalent in the State of Delhi. The lawyer, himself a COVID-19 patient, has sought to intervene in the case titled "In Re Proper Treatment Of COVID-19 Patients...

[Tablighi Jamaat] Foreigners Have 'Suffered Enough'; Have Right To Return To Their Native Country At The Earliest : Madras HC

In a notable judgment, the Madras High Court directed the closure of criminal proceedings against 31 foreign nationals who were facing proceedings under the Foreigners Act for participating in the Tablighi Jamaat meeting in Delhi in March in violation of visa conditions.The Court also declared that they have a right to their native country at the earliest, and that their continued...

[Breaking] Delhi HC Extends The Operation Of Interim Orders Subsisting On June 15 For One More Month In Light Of Continuing Lockdown [Read Order]

In light of the nationwide lockdown declared by the Central Government, the Delhi High Court has extended the operation of all the interim orders that were subsisting on 15/06/20 and expired or will expire thereafter. While taking the suo moto cognizance of the issues, the Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel, Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Talwant Singh have ordered...

[Webinar] [Full Video] The Challenges Before Courts - By Gopal Subramanium, Senior Advocate , Supreme Court Of India

...

SC Issues Notice To Centre On Plea Challenging Notification Suspending Certain Rules In Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Rules,1996 Amid Covid-19

Supreme Court issued notice in a plea challenging a 4th April notification issued by the Department of Health and Family Welfare whereby certain Rules under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act have been suspended in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Supreme Court Bench headed by Justice UU Lalit, however, refused to stay the notification which is...

[Vizag Gas Leak] SC Asks Andhra Pradesh HC To Expedite Pleas By LG For Access To Plant, Restrains Disbursal Of 50 Crore Deposit For 10 Days

The Supreme Court on Monday requested the High Court of Andhra Pradesh to expeditiously decide the pending pleas of LG Polymers challenging sealing of the plant and praying for grant of access to the plant.A bench of Justices UU Lalit, MM Shantanagoudar & Vineet Saran also restrained the disbursal of the deposit amount of 50 Crores by LG Polymers for 10 days. This came in light of...

Revised Personal Data Protection Bill Allows The State To Unilaterally Infringe Right To Privacy In The Name Of SovereigntyAnd Security :Justice BN Srikrishna

"Unfortunately, in my opinion, Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 has watered down this provision which allow the State to unilaterally infringe the Fundamental Right to Privacy in the name of sovereignty and security. Hopefully, the 32 wise men in Delhi will ensure that this right is not infringed. The State can take away your rights, only if it can ensure that it is doing so for the...

'Places Of Worship Act Reflects The Commitment Of India To Secularism' : Jamiat Seeks To Implead Itself In Plea Challenging S.4 Of Places Of Worship Act [Read Petition]

The Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind has filed an application in Supreme Court seeking to implead itself as a party in a petition which challenges the constitutional validity of Section 4 of The Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 (the Act). The petition in question, filed by Vishwa Bhadra Pujari Purohit Mahasangh, claims that the aforementioned provision has the effect of preventing...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up

Week Commencing June 8 to June 14, 2020

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-18]

...